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No. 593,079. Patented Nov. 2,1897.

UNITED STATES Pntrnnr Ormea..

JOSEPH J. BISEL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- IIALF TO JOSEPH HANCOCK, OF SAME PLACE.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,079, dated November 2, 1897.

Application tiled August 7, 1896. Serial No. 601,936. (No model.)

4drier of the class in which an arm-supporting bench secured to a carriage is adapted to be elevated and lowered upon a stati'.

The invention will first be described in connection with the accompanying drawings and then pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a view in elevation of my improved clothes-drier, showing one of the clothes-arms and the wire clothesrack in place, parts of the staff and elevatingrope being broken out. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line x cc, Fig. l, the elevatingrope being omitted and one of the clothesarlns being shown in the pendent position. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of the bench, one of the clothes-arms being'shown in the pendent position in dotted lines. Fig. 4 is an under side plan view of a portion of the bench with one of the clothesarms in place, illustrating the means for preventing the forward movement of the clothesarms.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a carriage, of usual box-like construction, made of four pieces and having rollers l mounted therein at each end, the carriage being adapted to encompass a staff B, on the sides of which the rollers 1 have bearing in order to facilitate the elevating and lowering of the carriage and its accompanying parts.

C represents what I term an arm-carrying bench, comprising a skeleton semicircular plate C', having at its rear edge a rectangular band 2, adapted to tightly tit over the upper end of the carriage A, as shown in Fig. l. On the forward edge of plate C' are cast a number of radially-projecting ngers c, the rear ends of which project under the plate as cuneal ribs c, the spaces between these ribs gradually narrowing from rear -to front, as shown, for a purpose hereinafter stated. The

outer ends of the fingers are curved to aplane below that of plate C and twisted, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, each of said iingers being formed with a hole 3, through which holes passes a wire arm-supporting rail D. The purpose of twisting the forward ends of the fingers is to render possible the easy formation of the holes therein either by casting or drilling, as it will be observed that by the twist of the fingers vertical holes will serve to permit the passage of the wire rail horizontally therethrough.

E represents a rectangular band adapted to tightly iit over the lower end of the carriage A, as shown in Fig. l. This band is provided with lateral ears e, having holes 4 for receiving the ends of a wire rack F, adapted to hold towels and other small articles to be dried. By the use of this second band I am enabled not only to gain additional drying-surface by supporting thereby the rack F, but, in conjunction with the band 2 on the bench, I am enabled to dispense with nails or screws for holding the parts of the carriage together, as will be evident from the drawings.

G represents a clothes-arm, of which there may be any suitable number, preferably made of wood or other light material and gradually tapering from the rear to the forward end. Near one end the arm is provided on its lower side lwith a staple 5, adapted to loosely secure the arm to the rail D intermediate the fingers c, as shown. On the upper side of the arm is secured a hook 6, adapted to be turned in any direction. The arms are arranged in place by securing them to the rail D, intermediate the fingers c, by means of the staples 5, when they will hang pendent from the rail, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

When it is desired to use the arms, the hook 6 on each arm is turned toward the front, the rear end of the arm placed in the tapering space between the cuneal ribs c', and the hook turned back to engage the plate. In this position the arms are supported horizontally ready for use, the gradually-narrowing formation of the space between the ribs o which receives the end of the arm prevent-ing forward movement of the arm, while the hook prevents downward movement. l/Vhen the arm is not desired for use, the hook 6 is turned IOO forward and the arm tilted upward until its rear end leaves the space between the ribs c', when the arm is pulled slightly forward and allowed to drop to the pendent position.

To the top of staff B is secured a bracket H, having a rearwardly-extending member 7, adapted to take over a projection 8 in the Wall of a room, and a forwardlyfprojecting member 9, having at its outer end a casing 10, in which is pivoted a rope-holding cam 11as shown. To this forward member 9, on the upper side, is secured an arm 12, projecting forward and carrying a pulley 13, journaled in its outer end, so as to lie in rear of and above the casing 10.

I represents an elevating-rope, secured at one end to the member 9 of bracket H, then passed down and around a pulley 14, jourj,

l are curved to a plane below the plate, an armnaled in plate O of the bench, then up and around pulley 13, its free end hanging down i j series of cuneal ribs on the under side of the plate in line with the fingers, in combination 4 with a series of clothes-arms gradually tain casing 10. By pulling on the rope the carriage and its accompanying parts may be elevated to any desired position, after which the rope is passed between clamp 11 and the side of casing 10, by which it is securely held. By having the pulley and rope-holding cam on the upper bracket and arranged as described I am enabled to elevate or lower the carriage and clamp the rope without going between the clothes-arms for that purpose.

On the lower end of the staff B is secured another bracket J adapted to take over a support 15, fixed in the Wall.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a clothes-drier of the class described, a staff, a carriage movable thereon, an armcarrying bench secured to the carriage, said bench comprising a semicircular plate having a series of radial fingers projecting therefrom,

' on said rail.

2. In a clothes-drierof the class described, an arm-supporting bench comprising a semicircular platehaving a series of radial fingers projecting therefrom, the outer en ds of which supporting rail carried by the fingers, and a pered in the direction of their forward ends, said arms being pivotally secured to the rail near their rear ends, combined and operating substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH J. BISEL.

Witnesses: 4

WM. HUNTER MYERS, DAVID W. GoULD.- 

